Guitar legend Jeff Beck has passed away

British guitar legend Jeff Beck died on Tuesday of meningitis. He lived to be 78 years old.

This was reported by Jeff Beck’s family on his official Twitter account.

“On behalf of his family, we share with great sadness the news of Jeff Beck’s death,” Beck’s Twitter account said.

According to the publication, the artist died Bacterial meningitisBacterial meningitisMeningitis is inflammation of the inner meninges, often caused by infection with a virus or bacteria. In bacterial meningitis, there are few deaths, and serious sequelae also occur. However, the high mortality rate in meningococcal infection is mainly due to sepsis with multiple organ failure, not to meningitis. Tuesday.

The family prays for peace

“The family is praying for peace as they accept the tragic loss,” he wrote on Twitter.

Visited Beck Centrum Seine in Oslo at Summer with a movie star Johnny Depp.

Beck has won eight Grammy Awards throughout his career. Most recently in 2010 for the song “Hammerhead”.

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Fellow guitarist Jimmy Page — who has played on both The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin — sends one last hello on Twitter.

His technology was unique. His imagination had no limits. Jeff, along with your millions of fans, will miss you. Rest in peace writer page.

On Twitter, Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi wrote that he was devastated by Beck’s death.

– Jeff was such a nice guy and an amazing, amazing guitarist. There will never be another Jeff Beck.

Heartbreaking news to report the death of the wonderful Jeff Beck, unfortunately. Nobody Plays Guitar Like Jeff, writes KISS bassist Gene Simmons pto Twitter.

Simmons’ KISS colleague Paul Stanley is also grieving.

– What terrible news. One of the greatest guitarists of all time is gone. From The Yardbirds to The Jeff Beck Group, he has paved an impossible path to follow. Writes play forever Twitter.

I cannot express how sad I am to hear of Jeff Beck’s passing. What a huge loss for his family, friends and fans. It was an honor to know Jeff, and that he played on my latest album, Ozzy Osbourne Signed Twitter.

He has shared two photos of himself, Slash from Guns’n’Roses, Ron Wood from the Rolling Stones, and Jeff Beck on Twitter.

Mick Jagger shared a video on Twitter of him and Beck performing.

– Jagger wrote, We have lost a wonderful man and one of the best guitarists in the world.

Beck really became popular when he played with the Yardbirds – taking over the guitarist position from another guitar legend, Eric Clapton, in 1965. He has since toured with the Jeff Beck Group.

Beck is known as one of the most skilled guitarists in the world. Fifth place on The rolling stones List of the best guitarists in the world.

According to several media outlets, Beck was said to have insured his fingers for huge sums – seven million pounds sterling, according to the British newspaper. Watchman.

– Shocking news of the loss of beloved and influential guitar legend Jeff Buck. He made his guitar sing. He was a huge influence on me and many others, Steve Hackett famously wrote from Genesis Twitter.